Crime and Punishment - comparing translations

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Of the four, I liked the Katz the best. Thanks for the comparison!

iam reading Katz now and i love it

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this video. I adore Dostoyevsky, but when I read Pevear's "Underground", in the first paragraph I knew something was wrong. Since then, I have been obsessed w/ translations. I want the CORRECT one, but I don't read Russian! So I very much rely on someone like you, and I am now convinced as to which one I should read, and it isn't Oliver Ready's or certainly Pevear's, amd none of these damn "critical" editions...

I enjoy these comparison videos. I've read the garnett, the magarshak (a 1960s penguin classic), and the recent Katz. Hard to pick a favorite, probably the Katz, but still enjoy the Garnett.

I might try Katz, but I also might stick with another Mcduff translation. Thanks for the video!

I enjoy your translation videos and I like how you avoid saying one is the best, but that they are different and may suit different readers. I have read the Magarshack and McDuff and didn’t enjoy the latter. I also have P&V on the shelf but unread. It says something about this book that there are so many translations! One thing that I have always wondered about is the naming of the places in the first paragraph - some use the full names and some just the initials - what is going on here? Were they named in the original?

Which english translation would you recommend for someone who has english as a second language? I've read a lot in my life so proficiency might not be a problem, but I have very little experience with classics.

The translation I own is by David McDuff. Any comments on that?